Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750
by Noel Malcolm
Noel Malcolm’s Useful Enemies explores Western political thought from 1450 to 1750 through its changing views of Islam and the Ottoman Empire. This historical study examines how ideas about religion, power, and a major external empire shaped European intellectual and political perspectives.
About This Book
Useful Enemies examines the place of Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western political thought between 1450 and 1750.
Noel Malcolm explores how European thinkers understood, represented, and discussed the Ottoman world during a significant period of political and intellectual change.
The book focuses on the relationship between ideas about external powers and the development of Western political thought.
It offers a historical study for readers interested in Europe, the Ottoman Empire, Islam, religion, and the history of political ideas.
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